Louisville: 3-Hour Food and History Tour of NuLu District
Get to know the story of Louisville one bite at a time on a guided food and history tour of the city's trendy NuLu District. Sample local favorites like bourbon balls ...
Lou Lou on Market is a soul food restaurant in Nulu, Louisville.
Editorially verified May 21, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Shrimp and grits, Bananas Foster
Must order: The shrimp and grits, the kitchen's loudest plate.
Tip: Patio seats are first-come on weekends. Book the dining room on OpenTable for Friday and Saturday.
Get to know the story of Louisville one bite at a time on a guided food and history tour of the city's trendy NuLu District. Sample local favorites like bourbon balls ...
Taste paired bites, bourbon, and cocktails. Learn the unfiltered story of bourbon while exploring the vibrant NuLu district of Louisville.
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Address: 812 East Market Street, Louisville, KY 40206
bar Vetti in Louisville pours Italian wines and pulls house-made pasta from the AC Hotel corner of East Market and Shelby Street in NuLu. Priced at $$$.
Signature: House-made pasta, Caesar salad
Order: Whatever pasta is on the daily list, plus the Caesar salad for the table.
Tip: Book on Resy. Bar seats and the patio take walk-ins early in the evening.
Garage Bar on East Market in Louisville turned a former auto-service shop into a wood-fired pizza pub with a courtyard ping-pong table and a Kentucky bourbon.
Signature: Wood-fired pizza, Pork meatballs
Order: The wood-fired pork-meatball pizza, with a Kentucky bourbon old fashioned.
Tip: Kitchen serves until late on weekends. The patio fills first on warm nights.
bar Vetti in Louisville pours Italian wines and pulls house-made pasta from the AC Hotel corner of East Market and Shelby Street in NuLu. Priced at $$$.
Signature: House-made pasta, Caesar salad
Order: Whatever pasta is on the daily list, plus the Caesar salad for the table.
Tip: Book on Resy. Bar seats and the patio take walk-ins early in the evening.
Le Moo in Louisville runs Lexington Road's theatrical steakhouse: a black-walled dining room, dry-aged cuts and a caviar service that arrives on a silver.
Signature: Dry-aged steaks, Caviar service
Order: A bone-in ribeye and the caviar service to start.
Tip: Reserve on OpenTable for the dining room. The bar pours a sharp bourbon list with the full menu.
Buck's Restaurant in Louisville has poured Old Louisville's continental dinner since 1992, set inside the historic Mayflower building on West Ormsby.
Signature: Crab cakes, Bacon-wrapped shrimp
Order: The crab cakes and the bacon-wrapped shrimp, two long-running classics.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Best for a special-occasion dinner with a view of the room's vintage piano bar.
Volare in Louisville pours seasonal Italian dinners with house-made pasta on Frankfort Avenue, three years running the Louisville Magazine readers' best.
Signature: Sea bass piccata, Tomato salad
Order: The sea bass piccata, the kitchen's most-ordered plate.
Tip: Book the dining room online. The bar opens at 16:30 and pours a sharp aperitivo list.
Garage Bar on East Market in Louisville turned a former auto-service shop into a wood-fired pizza pub with a courtyard ping-pong table and a Kentucky bourbon.
Signature: Wood-fired pizza, Pork meatballs
Order: The wood-fired pork-meatball pizza, with a Kentucky bourbon old fashioned.
Tip: Kitchen serves until late on weekends. The patio fills first on warm nights.
Naive Kitchen in Louisville cooks vegetable-forward Latin plates from a Butchertown corner on East Washington Street, the neighbourhood's vegan-friendly room.
Signature: Vegetable-forward plates, Latin-inspired bowls
Order: The seasonal grain bowl, plus a margarita with house chile salt.
Tip: Book on OpenTable. The bar runs a separate cocktail list with mocktail-forward options.